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Turkey's soldiers are renowned as fierce fighters, especially in hand-to-hand combat. A legend, possibly apocryphal, has it that during the Korean War, Turkish patrols would go into no-man's land armed only with knives, for silenceand come back carrying loads of North Korean and Chinese ears. Basic Training:
- Small Arms 2
- Melee Combat 2
- Foraging 1
- Thrown Weapon 1
ISSUE EQUIPMENT
- M3A1 Submachine Gun
- G3 Battle Rifle
- M21 Sniper Rifle
- M60 Machine Gun
- M1911A1 Pistol
Special Forces:
NAVY Naval aviation rotary wing and land-based patrol craft only. Diesel Electric submarines onlyno nuclear power. No Seabees TURKISH AIR FORCE
- FighterF16
- ReconF16
- AttackF5
- StrikeF16
- TransportC130
- SpecialF16
Prior Conflicts:
- Korea
- Kurdish Insurgency (from 1970s to present)
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